Wine tasting, food featured at annual benefit for UC Davis Hospice Program

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) —

"Celebrate Life!", an annual event featuring wine tasting, food and a silent auction benefiting the UC Davis Hospice Program, will be held on Thursday, May 17, from 5-8 p.m. at the Sierra II Center, 2791 24th St., Sacramento.

The establishments that will be providing the wine and food include:

Teaderman Vineyards

Murrieta's Well

Michael David

Lake Solano Vineyards

Café Vinoteca

Berryessa Gap

Wente Vineyards

Tamas Estates

Round Table Pizza

Performing on the piano will be Don Zacharias, associate medical director of the Hospice Program and a family physician at the UC Davis Medical Group office on O Street in Sacramento.

The UC Davis Hospice Program provides care for terminally ill patients who wish to remain at home. Hospice care involves support for patients and their loved ones. UC Davis Hospice serves patients of all ages, including newborns and children, as well as adults, regardless of their ability to pay.

UC Davis Medical Center is a comprehensive academic medical center where clinical practice, teaching and research converge to advance human health. Centers of excellence include the National Cancer Institute-designated UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center; the region's only level 1 pediatric and adult trauma centers; the UC Davis MIND Institute, devoted to finding treatments and cures for neurodevelopmental disorders; and the UC Davis Children's Hospital. The medical center serves a 33-county, 65,000-square-mile area that stretches north to the Oregon border and east to Nevada. It further extends its reach through the award-winning telemedicine program, which gives remote, medically underserved communities throughout California unprecedented access to specialty and subspecialty care. For more information, visit medicalcenter.ucdavis.edu.